#Anthony Joseph Foyt

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Happy 90th birthday, Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.

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1966 , Bahamas . Nassau Trophy Race . Anthony Joseph Foyt in his Lola T70-Ford 427.

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May 12, 1957On May 12, 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.

A tough-as-nails Texan, Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. raced midget cars—smaller vehicles designed to be driven in races of shorter distances—and stock cars before moving up to bigger things in 1958, when he entered his first Indianapolis 500 race. Foyt won his first Indy 500 crown in 1961, when rival Eddie Sachs was forced to make a tire change in the final laps, giving Foyt the chance to overtake him and win with a then-record average speed of 139.13 mph.

The 1964 season saw Foyt earn a record-setting winning percentage of .769 with 10 wins in 13 races. His most important win that year came in the Indy 500, which he finished with an average speed of 147.45 mph. After a near-fatal crash in a stock car race in 1965–in which he broke his back, fractured his ankle and suffered severe chest injuries–Foyt came back to continue his string of impressive achievements. In 1967, he won his third Indy 500 in a car he had designed himself, with his father Tony as chief mechanic. Two weeks later, he traveled to France and won the 24 Hours of LeMans international competition with teammate Don Gurney. With a win at the Daytona 500 in 1972, Foyt became the first driver to win all three major races in motor sports: the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In addition to the records for most total victories (67), most national championships (7) and most victories in one season (10), Foyt also has the most consecutive Indy 500 starts: He competed in the race for 35 straight years. His fourth win came in 1977, when the 42-year-old Foyt screamed around the track at an average speed of 161.331 mph. Only two other men have equaled his record of four Indy 500 wins.

In 1989, Foyt became the first driver inducted into the brand-new Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan. He practiced at the Indy 500 track in 1993, but retired on the first day of qualifying races. Apart from auto racing teams, Foyt’s later business interests have included car dealerships, funeral homes, oil investments and thoroughbred racehorses.

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1896 Nace en Buenos Aires la personal cantante de canciones criollas y tangos, Rosita Quiroga. Falleció en Buenos Aires en 1984.

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1493 Cristóbal Colón reconoce varias islas Bahamas, la zona oriental de Cuba y el norte de Haití.

1547 Iván el terrible se hace coronar Zar de todas las Rusias.

1556 Carlos I de España cede a su hijo, el futuro Felipe II, la corona de Castilla y Aragón con todas sus posesiones.

1605 En Madrid (España) se publica la primera edición de El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de La Mancha.

1749 Nace Vittorio Alfieri, poeta italiano.

1850 Nace “Pierre Loti” (Luis M. J. Viaud), escritor francés.

1853 Nace Andre Michelin, industrial francés.

1862 Se publica “La Vida de Jesús”, de Ernest Renan.

1884 Se decreta en Bolivia la imposición por la fuerza de un empréstito, bajo pena de prisión.

1886 Muere Amilcare Ponchielli, compositor italiano.

1891 Muere Leo Delibes, compositor francés.

1891 Vencida en América del Norte la última sublevación de los indios sioux.

1901 Nace Fulgencio Batista, dictador cubano.

1902 Alemania obtiene la concesión para construir el ferrocarril Konia-Bagdad, en el Imperio otomano.

1905 Nace Ernesto Halffter, compositor español.

1906 Comienza la Conferencia sobre el destino de Marruecos, entre España, Francia, Alemania e Inglaterra.

1908 Grandes disturbios obreros en Chicago (Estados Unidos).

1911 Nace Eduardo Frei, político chileno.

1914 El poeta ruso Máximo Gorki, autorizado a regresar a su país tras ocho años de exilio.

1915 Revolución mexicana: el general Alvaro Obregón, al frente de sus fuerzas, entra en la capital.

1920 Entra en vigor en EEUU la “Ley Seca”, por la que se prohibía la venta y consumo de bebidas alcohólicas.

1920 Termina la Conferencia de Paz de París con la inauguración formal de la Liga de las Naciones.

1924 Nace Katy Jurado, actriz mexicana.

1928 Reunida en La Habana (Cuba) la VI Conferencia Interamericana, en la que participaron representantes de 21 Repúblicas.

1932 Nace Dian Fossey, zoóloga.

1933 Nace la escritora Susan Sontag.

1935 Nace el automovilista Anthony Joseph Foyt.

1939 Primera publicación de “Superman” en Historietas.

1941 Chile y Bolivia firman un pacto de no agresión.

1941 Federico Pinedo renuncia como ministro de Hacienda en Argentina.

1942 Muere la actriz Carole Lombard.

1944 Dwight D. Eisenhower, llega a Londres para ponerse al frente de las tropas que invadirán Europa.

1946 El niño “prodigio” español Arturo Pomar gana el torneo de ajedrez de Londres.

1956 El Islam se convierte en la religión de Egipto por mandato constitucional.

1957 Fallece Arturo Toscanini, director de orquesta italiano.

1959 Dimisión del primer ministro cubano, José Miró Cardona, sustituido por Fidel Castro.

1962 Un golpe de Estado en la República Dominicana depone al presidente, Joaquín Balaguer, e instaura una Junta de Gobierno por 48 horas.

1963 Fallece Gilardo Gilardi, compositor argentino.

1964 Se estrena en Broadway “Hello, Dolly!”.

1969 Las naves Soyus 4 y 5 hacen cambio de tripulaciones en el espacio.

1969 El estudiante Jan Palach se quema vivo en la plaza Wenzel, de Praga, en protesta por la ocupación soviética de Checoslovaquia y la supresión de las libertades individuales.

1970 Grandes manifestaciones en La Paz para apoyar al presidente boliviano, Alfredo Ovando, contra el que la CIA y compañías petrolíferas estadounidenses habían urdido un complot.

1970 Fallece Francisco Gutiérrez Cossío, pintor español.

1971 En Chile, fracasa un atentado para asesinar al presidente socialista Salvador Allende.

1973 Sale al aire la última edición de “Bonanza”, luego de 440 emisiones durante 13 años y medio.

1974 Nace Kate Moss, modelo británica.

1975 Se firma en Lisboa el acuerdo para la independencia de Angola.

1979 El Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi abandona Irán.

1982 Fallece Ramón J. Sender, escritor español.

1984 Arrestan en Barbados a Paul y Linda McCartney por tenencia de marihuana.

1985 El Gobierno israelí decide retirar sus tropas del Líbano en tres fases.

1987 Dimite Hu Yaobang, secretario del Partido Comunista chino, y le sustituye Zao Ziyang.

1987 Paracaidistas amotinados en la base aérea de Taura secuestran unas horas al presidente ecuatoriano, León Febres Cordero, y piden la libertad del general golpista Frank Vargas, a lo que accedió el Gobierno.

1991 En Irak, George Bush ordena el comienzo de la Guerra del Golfo con la operación “Tormenta del Desierto”. Inicio de los bombardeos aéreos sobre Bagdad.

1992 Firma de los acuerdos de paz entre el Gobierno y la guerrilla, que ponen fin a doce años de guerra en El Salvador.

1996 Derrocado el presidente de Sierra Leona, capitán Valentine Strasser, en un golpe de Estado dado por el “número dos” del régimen, el también capitán Julius Maada Biol

2003 Desde Cabo Cañaveral despega el transbordador espacial Columbia, que se destruirá en la reentrada 16 días más tarde.

2004 Muere Melchor Ángel Posse, médico y político argentino.

2014 Muere Russell Johnson, actor estadounidense.

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AJ Foyt Net Worth 2022: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

AJ Foyt Net Worth 2022: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

AJ Foyt Celebrated Name: AJ Foyt Real Name/Full Name: Anthony Joseph Foyt Gender: Male Age: 86 years old Birth Date: 16 January 1935 Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA Nationality: American Height: 1.7m Weight: 72kg Sexual Orientation: Straight Marital Status: Married Wife/Spouse (Name): Lucy Zarr Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): Yes (Larry Foyt) Dating/Girlfriend (Name): N/A Is AJ…

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A. J. Foyt ‘s full name is Anthony Joseph Foyt, he is a former driver American racecar. It is considered one of the best riders in North American history. He is the winner of the Indianapolis 500 on four occasions, the first to achieve that mark, and tied with Al Unser and Rick Mears.

A. J. Foyt named 67 triumphs and seven titles in the National Championship of the USAC. Apart from such big…

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Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports.

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May 12, 1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory

On this day in 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.

A tough-as-nails Texan, Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. raced midget cars–smaller vehicles designed to be driven in races of shorter distances–and stock cars before moving up to bigger things in 1958, when he entered his first Indianapolis 500 race. Foyt won his first Indy 500 crown in 1961, when rival Eddie Sachs was forced to make a tire change in the final laps, giving Foyt the chance to overtake him and win with a then-record average speed of 139.13 mph.

The 1964 season saw Foyt earn a record-setting winning percentage of .769 with 10 wins in 13 races. His most important win that year came in the Indy 500, which he finished with an average speed of 147.45 mph. After a near-fatal crash in a stock car race in 1965–in which he broke his back, fractured his ankle and suffered severe chest injuries–Foyt came back to continue his string of impressive achievements. In 1967, he won his third Indy 500 in a car he had designed himself, with his father Tony as chief mechanic. Two weeks later, he traveled to France and won the 24 Hours of LeMans international competition with teammate Don Gurney. With a win at the Daytona 500 in 1972, Foyt became the first driver to win all three major races in motor sports: the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 and the 24 Hours of LeMans.

In addition to the records for most total victories (67), most national championships (7) and most victories in one season (10), Foyt also has the most consecutive Indy 500 starts: He competed in the race for 35 straight years. His fourth win came in 1977, when the 42-year-old Foyt screamed around the track at an average speed of 161.331 mph. Only two other men have equaled his record of four Indy 500 wins.

In 1989, Foyt became the first driver inducted into the brand-new Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan. He practiced at the Indy 500 track in 1993, but retired on the first day of qualifying races. Apart from auto racing teams, Foyt’s later business interests have included car dealerships, funeral homes, oil investments and thoroughbred racehorses.

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May 12, 1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory

On this day in 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.

A tough-as-nails Texan, Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. raced midget cars–smaller vehicles designed to be driven in races of shorter distances–and stock cars before moving up to bigger things in 1958, when he entered his first Indianapolis 500 race. Foyt won his first Indy 500 crown in 1961, when rival Eddie Sachs was forced to make a tire change in the final laps, giving Foyt the chance to overtake him and win with a then-record average speed of 139.13 mph.

The 1964 season saw Foyt earn a record-setting winning percentage of .769 with 10 wins in 13 races. His most important win that year came in the Indy 500, which he finished with an average speed of 147.45 mph. After a near-fatal crash in a stock car race in 1965–in which he broke his back, fractured his ankle and suffered severe chest injuries–Foyt came back to continue his string of impressive achievements. In 1967, he won his third Indy 500 in a car he had designed himself, with his father Tony as chief mechanic. Two weeks later, he traveled to France and won the 24 Hours of LeMans international competition with teammate Don Gurney. With a win at the Daytona 500 in 1972, Foyt became the first driver to win all three major races in motor sports: the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 and the 24 Hours of LeMans.

In addition to the records for most total victories (67), most national championships (7) and most victories in one season (10), Foyt also has the most consecutive Indy 500 starts: He competed in the race for 35 straight years. His fourth win came in 1977, when the 42-year-old Foyt screamed around the track at an average speed of 161.331 mph. Only two other men have equaled his record of four Indy 500 wins.

In 1989, Foyt became the first driver inducted into the brand-new Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan. He practiced at the Indy 500 track in 1993, but retired on the first day of qualifying races. Apart from auto racing teams, Foyt’s later business interests have included car dealerships, funeral homes, oil investments and thoroughbred racehorses.

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